[nfbcs] Windows Mouse cursor question

[David Andrews]

I suspect part of what you are seeing is the result of multiple 
windows on screen and more complex displays. I don't know though why 
things don't always match.  I can be in a program, that is 
functioning normally, and I want to review something, for some 
reason, so use PC or invisible cursor, and what I get is not what I 
just heard from program, the display seems to be elsewhere.  I don't know why.

Dave

At 06:05 PM 9/13/2016, you wrote:
>I've been using screen readers since the 1980s, and Windows 7 is the 
>first time I've actually struggled with this issue. I realized this 
>list was the perfect place to ask.
>
>It appears that the so-called "mouse cursor" (what JFW calls the 
>JAWS cursor) can no longer freely roam the screen. At first I 
>thought this was indeed just an issue with JFW, but in experimenting 
>with NVDA and with WindowEyes I see the same behavior.
>
>I can run an application in Windows XP and explore the entire screen 
>or active window, depending on whether I restricted the cursor, and 
>pretty much review everything text-based that is there.
>
>But in Windows 7 (and presumably 8 and 10 as well) half the time 
>what I receive by exploring the screen with a mouse cursor is a 
>jumble. And from that jumble text is missing that the screen reader 
>just finished speaking.
>
>This happens on all my machines, in areas where there is no 
>insertion point, or real cursor. I can run the same software and get 
>two different results between XP and 7, even with NVDA's screen review feature.
>
>The most dramatic example of this is in Outlook, where in XP I can 
>examine a message's fields, To, From, date, subject, etc. all using 
>the invisible, JAWS, mouse or review cursor.
>
>Reviewing the same message in the same version of outlook in Windows 
>7, only parts of those fields appear to the mouse cursor.
>
>In a window with multiple panes I could usually get to a pane that 
>didn't receive focus to read information there. Now it's hit or 
>miss; sometimes I can read the info, sometimes the screen reader 
>voices it automatically but I never locate it when I review, and 
>sometimes it's easy to review.
>
>As an advanced user, I always made extensive use of the review 
>capabilities of my screen reader, and I wish I knew what was going 
>on here and why I apparently can no longer read everything onscreen. 
>I'd really like a technical explanation of what is happening and 
>what work-arounds people are finding?
>
>Thoughts?
>
>--Debee